Letters to the Editor

I have a great idea for saving money on paper costs. I would
like to see an electronic version of the Linux Journal. It would save paper, ink, printing costs, and
lots of trees. The only thing to figure out is how to distribute
it. You could encrypt it with the subscriber's public key, or
something like that. I am sure that something could be worked
out.

I have been surprised that publishers have not moved into the
electronic market yet. The potential for selling information is
tremendous.

The primary reason that I am interested is because I am
blind. When I get my journals, I have to find someone with the time
to read me the articles I am interested in. Since almost no one has
time, it usually involves paying someone by the hour to do this.
$5.00 per hour can get steep.

I would be willing to work with anyone who be interested in
doing this. I have a lot of ideas on security, making sure the
magazine gets to the intended subscriber, and other issues related
to electronic publishing.

I am willing to donate my time as I hope that as more things
are made usable by me, it will increase my money making potential.
I will be able to generate more income and spend less to keep up
with the “printed” media.

I hope someone takes a serious look at this note and that it
does not go to the great black bit bucket.

Thanks in advance for your time. I look forward to hopefully
working with some one on this.

We are in the process of writing a markup language for Linux Journal that is similar to HTML and will allow us to do many
different kinds of distribution, including paper, WWW, and
potentially other kinds of electronic distribution. You are not the
only blind user to have contacted us, and we would like to be able
to meet your needs better.

Controlling distribution is not a big issue. Most
profits come from advertising revenue, even though we have some of
the lowest ad rates in the industry. The more subscribers we have,
the more advertisers are interested in buying
advertisement.--Editor

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